Climate & Energy

Climate change is the defining crisis of the century, yet policy responses remain dramatically inadequate — not because the science is uncertain, but because the fossil fuel industry has spent decades and billions of dollars lobbying against regulation, funding climate denial, and greenwashing their public image.

Gen Us covers climate and energy because the gap between scientific consensus and political action is a direct product of corporate influence. Fossil fuel companies knew about climate change as early as the 1970s and chose to fund doubt rather than adapt. Today, they have shifted to greenwashing — claiming climate leadership while expanding production.

We trace fossil fuel lobbying and campaign contributions, document greenwashing claims against actual emissions data, analyze how media coverage of climate is shaped by energy industry advertising, and track the revolving door between energy companies and regulatory agencies.